ABOUT Emmanuel Otukpa

Emmanuel is the CARTA Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. He is responsible for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for CARTA. More specifically, he tracks the research progress of CARTA fellows, their publications, and collects and analyzes data from CARTA.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Jos and a master’s degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of the Witwatersrand. He was previously a technical officer at FHI-360 in Nigeria in the Malaria Action Program for States (MAPS), where he implemented malaria control and prevention programs.

His research interests include pharmacy/drug informatics and risk-benefit analysis/signal detection pharmacovigilance. He is driven by the sense of accomplishment that comes with surmounting challenges through teamwork. Emmanuel speaks Idoma (one of the dialects in Nigeria), French, and a little Spanish.